<ref name="Donisthorpe_1918">{{cite journal |first1=H. |last1=Donisthorpe |year=1918 |title=A list of ants from Mesopotamia; with a description of a new species and a new variety |url=https://antcat.org/documents/916/5754.pdf |journal=Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation |publisher= |volume=30 |issue= |pages=165–167 |doi= }}</ref>